behind me saying it's symbolic of the city's rebirth. >> we're on the upswing. oakland is on the rise. >> oakland mayor stood with other leaders to celebrate what she called a renaissance of her city's downtown including restoration of frank ogawa plaza. >> there are at least 30 businesses planned and retail that we're talking to that we're hoping will be able to accomplish within the next year. >> this is what frank ogawa looked like one year ago. police moved in to dismantle the encampment many city leaders supported. now, the grass has been receded and leaders say downtown has rebounded from occupy and an economy leaving many businesses suffering. >> what happened in the past, we all regret. but we're now moving forward. >> thursday, some in in the community planned to gather and later, marched to police headquarters.

then, they promised to return to the plaza and retake it. at least for one night. >> there is that few percentage taking it to, you know, a more inappropriate level. i respect them to have their opinion, and to, you know, demonstrate what they want to demonstrate. >> police plan to facilitate the event as long as the it stays peaceful. >> if we're going guard against anything it will be against criminal acts. >> how are you going to handle tents going up? >> we're going to disallow them. >> now there is a 10:00 p.m. closure time for the park and others in the city, the police made it clear this afternoon that they will only respond to activities those in the plaza tomorrow evening. in oakland abc 7 news.

>> a chp officer shot and killed a man after a struggle today this, is a picture from the scene. it showed where the officer pulled over the driver. the officer says the man tacked her, she opened fire, killing him at about 2:00 this afternoon on highway 29 officers kept it open to traffic. >> one section of the port of oakland was closed after a worker was crushed by a crane. he was doing maintenance work. the crane crushed his head and chest. did he not make it. cal osha shut down the terminal to investigate. the other six terminals remained open. >> hayward police search forward a weapon in a school yard after arresting two robbery suspects in a neighborhood. the martin luther king middle school and south gate elementary were locked down just after 11:00 this morning.

officers searched for that gun. police chased the suspects in a stolen car before they crashed and were then caught. it's uncertain if robbers add a gun when stealing jewelry from a victim. >> a police chase through the streets of san francisco ended when three suspected burglars slammed their dmoor a ucsf parking garage. they cracked open his garage door with their vehicle. the burglars drove off, lost control of their truck and crashed into a wall inside of a loading dock of the ucsf garage. a third escaped. no one was injured in the chase or crash. >> morale at the san jose police department is hitting a low amid pay cuts and an officer says time card fraud is rampant. tonight he spoke with car rena rusk.

right. this complaint is the second of its kind this year in june. two other san jose police officers are also on duty say they face retaliation for raising the issue of time card fraud. thomas served in the police department 27 years as a bilang wall officer. >> every day, i was so energetic. every day it was a dream. >> that dream came to an end. he filed a lawsuit. the resident spent most of the last seven years patrolling san jess yeah international airport. claiming fellow officers went mountain bike riding, out to eat or took a movie when supposed to be working. >> training, wink, wink, that night, that wednesday, training. wink, wink. >> he says he was forced to retire after his team labeled him a snitch and started retaliating against him.

it began in october, 2010 when he left a pizza party. >> oh. i crossed a line and ruined a free night. that has been -- that is the culture. you know? do very to do what people do? no. just because people say it's okay doesn't mean it's okay. >> he is suing the city, police department, and two individual officers. the police department says there is not a wide spread problem of time card fraud and when it is suspected, it is investigated, and prosecuted. last week, police aest ared one of their own for grand theft. >> as a police officer last thing that we want here in-house at the police department is a dirty cop. it hurts the community and us as an organization. it's wrong. >> he says recent cuts and pension reform measures angered many officers and says the cheaters feel entitled to work the system.

>> i see officer goesing in there. there is probably a bunch of people like me that just wants to do the right thing. and they're on thin ice. >> a representative says it's reviewed the complaint and finds the claims unsubstantiated and will aggressively defend the lawsuit. >> if you've been to barns and mobile recently, your bank accounts could be in jeopardy. thieves managed to skim personal information at the check out counter. abc 7 news is live at one of them tonight with the story. >> just to be clear we're talking about those little boxes with number pads that are separate from the cash register add tached by a cable. barns and noble doesn't know

how many people might have been compromised but they're working to try to figure that out right now. barns and noble says it was targeted by quote a criminal effort. one pin pad at each of the 63 stores bugged with a device to steal numbers and their pins. the bookstore has not said if it knows when tampering began but ended september 14th when the company disconnected the pin pads in stores. >> they didn't have proper safeguards in place. >> the president and ceo of data security company helped retailers protect data through an enjipgs system. >> idea behind encryption is that we wrap data with safeguards immediately. regardless of where it goes it's protected. >> barns and mobile says fbi is investigating and told the company it did not have to inform the company about this

breech until september 24th. >> shoppers are counting on companies to protect them. >> when i have my card hacked it hasn't been a problem. >> a tv screen ticks off a list of data security breeches when the retailers and payment processors fail it's up to consume dwrorz take care of them selfs.. >> they're the latest of what i would call a plague of data breeches that hit retailers. it is big business to go after data like this. so it's organized criminal activity. difficult to pull off. >> the recommendation from barns and noble is if you suspect you might have made a purchase at one of the stores with your card, change your pin, change your pin. and take a look at your account statements.. >> good advice, thank you. >> extraordinary security measures in place down street

from abc 7 broadcast center, game one is underway. of course it's impossible to ignore, here is a live picture where the score is 1 to 0. win or lose they're hoping to write a chapter in baseball history. wayne? >> whatever the store, it's mow meant wrus for baseball fans. they may not remember the details of all 162 regular season games that policedded this but a world series game is an instant classic its been a couple years since they saw the ball yard looking like this. >> there is a story hear. >> the electricity just seems to come over the wall. >> no way to overstate the world series. build up began long before dawn. every box and truck suggested

to x ray and inspecks. >> there are bomb-sniffing dogs in the building now too,. >> the world series is an event so important gene drove from san luis obispo just to peer through a fence three innings, maybe. >> being here, hearing a crowd is everybody roaring when something good goes for giants. just that feeling you get. >> if you follow giants you know this will be their fourth world series moving to san francisco. every one of them. the stuff of lower. >> giants -- lowe. the win in to 10 a break through after frustration, case in point, 2002. why did dusty baker save the ball for russ ortiz before the end of game six against angels? did he anger baseball gods? >> gods can be cruel and kind. i can't interpret it there are no baseball goods. i don't believe in it there was earthquake in 1989.

in 1962, during san francisco's first world series against yankees, a line drive nearly won it. but ended it instead. >> so you see, we're poised on a door step of history. we'll talk about what happens the next few days, for generations. it's the biggest stage a baseball player can be on. the biggest game a baseball player will be in. when you win a world series game, you've got a big hit in the world series. they remember you. forever. >> and that explains what we have here. all of the people watching from outside. because that is the timelessness of it. those inside of the stadium saying if they're hear, those outside can say they were here. being outside is almost as good as being inside. if you believe that, well... it's pretty good. >> yeah. >> live outside of the ballpark, wayne freedman abc 7.

>> thank you very much. have a good time. thank you. >> coming up tonight here... a big solar farm takes route. why people are opting out of using this energy source. >> bay area gasoline prices coming down fast but not fast enough. how low they might go in the next few weeks. >> i'm spencer christian. we can see patches of moisture off shore, but no rain in the ballpark yet. it's 2-0, giants. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> a woman cancelled satellite tv after one day then gets socked with a $400

san rafael airport acting as the largest solar farm in marin county. tonight abc 7 news explains why a few people aren't happy about it. >> this is the san rafael airport. 4600 solar panels are now attached to 48 hangar roof tops. paul is with a company that builds and installs the panels. >> it's an ideal location. have you existing roves. you're not building new structures.. >> this installation will create energy to power 700 homes, more in the summer. it's the largest renewable energy project in marin county. bob hertz manages the airport, which has been running on solar power since 2004.

he says the project is in line with the county's energy self shove sensey plans.. >> clean up the environment and reduce, hopefully end our reliance on foreign oil. >> the airport will now sell the power a nonprofit. 50% is renewable. >> a good g.way of thinking about it is it comes from a source that is not going to run out. so it's sunlight, wind. >> marin clean energy was set up by the county as a green source competing with pg&e. 80,000 residents were automatically switched over without any input. marin clean energy says this decision was not made by them, but by the state public utilities commission. >> their intention to make sure the program could be viable. it's difficult to enter gleer a monday nop poolly and be able to gain customers.. >> but customers had until

july 1 owe to opt out. according to marin green energy, only 20% of the residents d jason fong was one of them. 7 on your side spoke to him in june. >> i've been used to pg&e. now there is another company coming in. what is going to happen? >> the agency will buy pouer but pg&e will distribute it. marin clean energy says because it's a nonprofit, people's electric bills will be slightly lower, any revenue that comes in, goes back into the company. another way, they say, to ensure rates are kept low. >> drivers getting relief at the gas pumps. prices falling almost as quickly as they climbed a few weeks ago. triple a says the average price dropped 28 cents since peaking this month. it's about $1.45 a gallon.

prices expected to continue to fall through thanksgiving. he's telling us he predicts they'll go down another 10 cents or 12 cents. prices on every grade of gas are now down 19 cents to 21 cents per gallon since last week. >> let's move on to weather forecast. thicks clearing up nicely tonight. >> gorgeous weather out there. >> it's nice and clear. we have clouds forming at the coast right now. low clouds. a few areas of high clouds. here is a live view from mount tam camera giving you a look at clouds. a few higher clouds there. puffs near the coast. lots of clear skies inland and across the bay. here is a look at live doppler 7 hd. we don't have precipitation but it's little patches of moisture off shore, sprinkles in this moisture. there could be something around here in the north bay as it closes in a little bit.

this appears to be something well concentrated now. over into the sierra, light snow just about ending now tapering off into central sierra. we've got temperatures mainly into low 60s, 59 near san francisco. 63 aconsiders the bay. colder tonight and will see patchy fog developing. dry, mild, warmer days ahead into the weekend. a large area of stormy weather to the north pushing into pacific northwest. high pressure taking control of the weather bringing us sunny and warmer conditions from tomorrow into weekend. throughout the weekend. we'll see low clouds and fog near the coast then sort of

hovering at the coastline. you'll see fog into santa cruz mountains. inland loks will be clear. low temperatures tonight dropping into upper 30s in north bay valleys like nap yachl we'll see low 40s in other locations so chilly in spots. tomorrow, sunny skies into afternoon. high temperatures beginning to climb. upper 60s to 70s into warmest locations inland and near the bay tomorrow. near san francisco a high of 65 tomorrow, down south to monterey bay, 69 in watsonville. low 70s inland. here is the forecast for tomorrow night. game two... game two at at and t park in the world series tomorrow night. it will be about 62 degrees at game time. sunny skies. breezy. temperatures dropping down to about mid-50s getting later

into evening hours. now to the accu-weather forecast. look at the warm up over the weekend. beginning friday. saturday, sunday, monday. up to about 78 degrees inland. up to about 78 around the bay as well. that that is looking good. >> coming up next a change of focus in california prison system. >> why

a hercules middle schoolteacher was busted for having marijuana on campus, police say they found a pound of pot in the car. they were looking for an id because. the 66-year-old was arrested at the principal's office. >> the state correction department says it's returning its focus to rehabilitating inmates instead of just warehousing them. it says that 20,000 low risk prisoners have been transferred now and now has room and funds to offer classes, group therapy and

counseling. >> because of the competing needs offenders have it was very difficult to have flex dwroiblt get offenders to the right prison because there are other competing needs. just more crowded the system is, less flexibility have you. >> nearly 68% end up back in jail within three years. that is one of the worst rates in the nation. >> mayors placed their bet today and it's unusual. san francisco mayor says if giants lose he will go to detroit and visit there. if the giants win, detroit mayor promised to speak to san francisco junior giants program ask take a tour of the high tk companies. here is why you're probably glad you're not at tonight's game. one of our people took this photo right across from at and t park. you can see parking is $90 for a compact oversized vehicle

$130. insane. >> wow. >> a lot more still to come here tonight. just ahead race for white house picks up steam again. it's been a day of distractions and side shows. clint eastwood is back in the game. >> tonight hurricane sandy. damage she's done in the caribbean and threat she's posing to the united states. >> also, battle over proposition 32. big money controlling what happens in sacramento. stay with us. the news continues.

both candidates are hitting the campaign trail fast and furious. president obama making a stop in l.a.. the president kept busy crisscrossing key battle ground states. president told supporters he's fired up. >> this is the first stop on

our fly around campaign marathon extravaganza. we're going pull an all nighter. mitt romney trying to make a last minute pitch to undecided voters.. >> when elected we're going t to... we're going to replace obama care and take that $716 billion and put it back in medicare, writ belongs. >> the republican presidential nominee told a crown in reno they should consider their personal circumstances before voting. >> both presidential candidates doing their best to mug for cameras. there is a senate candidate who isn't happy about being the center of attention. mark matthews is here with that and other developments in this campaign. >> yes. he stepped in. republican senate candidate from indiana found himself in

a starring role in an antiromney add. >> this fall i'm supporting richard murdock for senate. >> mitt romney endorsed richard murdock but that is before he said this. >> i believe life begins at conception, i think when even when live begins with a horrible situation of rape that is something god intended to happen. >> the senate candidate reiterated his belief abortions shoulding illegal for women who became pregnant because they're raped. the romney campaign saying romney disagree was the views but supporters of the president have married the romney endorsement ad to the debate video in their own 30 second spot. >> when life begins in that horrible situation of rape it's something god intended to happen. >> another side show this one from donald trump. >> very a deal for the president. >> the real estate mogul is offering $5 million to

president obama's charity of choice if the president will release his college and passport records. >> the president will become transparent like other presidents.. >> trump is wrong about thachl it's not common practice for presidents to release school and passport records. finally gloria alred claims to have dirt on mitt romney. alred went to the court house with the ex-wife of staples founder. mitt romney testified in the case on behalf of tom stinford who was his business partner, remember clint eastwood's convention speech? he's back in a campaign ad for mitt romney. >> not to be outdone, obama campaign issued a new statement. >> the same people said my ideas would destroy jobs. they call immediate every name in the book. >> candidates pulling out stops, apparently so are the supporters. a new poll shows it's a dead

heat. >> thank you very much. >> details emerging about two men linked to the u.s. consulate attack in libya. reports say a militant suspected of involvement has been killed in egypt. another suspect is now in custody. so far thorkts not saying what role twoz men paid in the attack that killed ambassador chris stevens but secretary of state clinton responded today to a report that a militant group claimed responsibility for the attack in e mails while those attacks were taking place. >> postinging is on face book is not evidence and... i think it just under scores how fluid the recording was at the time and continues for some time to be. >> agroup denied claims the day after they were made. republicans are seizing on the e mails to boost al gaigs the

attack was or chess straighted by terrorists and not a spontaneous demonstration. >> a man who plotted to blow up los angeles international airport will spend 37 years in prison. authorities arrested him in 1999. they say he drove a car full of plochlsives and was arrested in seattle. prosecutors said if he had carried out his mission, hundreds and maybe thousands of people would have died. the jents was a result of a lengthy appeal pros ses. >> tonight the caribbean getting pounded and residents are preparing for hurricane sandy. the storm made land fall in jamaica this afternoon. the airports are closed, cruise ships cancelled stops. a woman was swept away in river water in haiti. the storm headed for cuba now

with projected path towards eastern u.s.. officials believe koit hit between va skpra maine by the end of the weekend. >> if you're undecided on how to vote on prop 32 next month it's probably because you're getting mixed messages bit. supporters say it will change the way business is done. critics is a it targets the influence of the state labor union. tonight nannette miranda sorts it out for you. >> capitol hallways are always jam packed with lobbyists before a vote. a report found $285 million was spent last year to implement decisions. proposition 32 banned government contractors for making political contributions to state and local races through payroll deductions. tapping into voter frustration, supporters say the aim is to stop the power of big money

that drowns out the average joe. >> this is frustrating with gridlock unions have created. and that the little guy is not being heard. >> proposition 32 sounds balanced. both corporations and unions can't use payroll deducks for political purposes but the no side points out 99% of the corporations do not donate that way. group that's wanted to temper big money oppose 32 because they say it's too lopsided putting labor units in a great financial disadvantage its like trying to solve gang violence by taking knife as way from one gang but leaving guns in the hands of rival gangs. you know? we need a measure that is taking all special interest money out of politics.. >> california monday cause points out ceos and certain companies called llcs are

exyefrt from proposition 32. the measure does nothing to curtail super pacs were down donated are unlimited and spent on behalf of a candidate per issue. >> if we lose this, we lose free speech in this state. it will be devastating. >> prop 32 has gotten one democrat to side with them. gloria roamero, who took on teachers as a legislature. >> if we don't go after how money is spent, we will never turn around sacramento. >> this measure may be familiar to california voters. they've already rejected it, twice. >> now, just two weeks until election day. the fed makes an important statement on the economy. >> california voters show how eager they are to cast their ballots.

money matters, the federal reserve acknowledged the economy is improving but said there would be no change in the plan to invest $40 billion a month until the job market improves. wall street slipped a little after the announcement. the dow lost ground, but facebook had the best day since going public, up 20% after reporting it is making money from smart phone ads. the crisis in europe is

getting worse. ford said it will close a plant and layoff 9500 people. france approved a plan to keep the french car maker pujet going. and california won't be a factor in the presidential race. we're a blue state, but it appears people are eager to go to the polls. the secretary of state revealed surprising voter registration numbers in just 45 days before the deadline, more than half a million people signed up to vote. some credit it to several contentious state wide propositions on the ballot. >> 680,000 people have been added to the role. so we're on track, breaking the all-time high voter registration record in the state. >> a big reason is the new voter registration site that went live on september 19th. more than a million users

checked it out. about 400,000 of them registered online. >> michael finney is coming up next. >> tonight the reception a woman received when she tried to cancel her

as know, with satellite tv you can get hundreds of channels but signing up requires a big commitment. >> one woman didn't realize she was locked into a contract. >> yes. michael finney is here. you were able to help her out. >> we hear about this all the time. people see an touchdown and often don't realize it requires to you sign a contract. one woman found up with two contracts and one big question. are you entitled to cancel within three days? >> hope had a tv in her house. she didn't need another one. unfortunately, that is what she wound up with.

>> i didn't call for tv service. i called for internet. >> it began when hope saw this ad from dish network offering internet service for under $20. >> i called them up. and the guy on the line is like, yeah. yeah. internet. let me talk to you about tv. >> hope had tv but says the salesman kept offering i low pris for dish. she thought maybe she can safe. >> he asked me fi was on contract with direct tv. i thought i wasn't. >> hope agreed to sign up with dish. two hours later the crew from dish was at the front door. and the next day she called direct tv to cancel. >> they said you're on contract with us. you're going have so-to-pay a cancellation fee. >> she found she had a year left on her contract with direct tv. immediately she called dish to undo that deal. >> i said dish, i am sorry. i made a mistake. i'm in yacht direct tv.

i need to cancel. >> dish said she signed a two year commitment. it would cost $420 to cancel. >> i said this has been 24 hours. >> hope tried to invoke state law as will youing three days to cancel many types of consumer contracts but got no response. i was so scared of the $420 they sent me a bill. it will come out of the your ak. >> hope contacted 7 on your side. and we checked out the rule. turns out there are state laws requiring a cooling off period for many types of contracts signed in the home. like other satellite customers, hope signed her contract at home. however... officials tell us it's not clear whether it's it allows to satellite tv companies sense they order over the tone. we asked dish about the rules. and it said only we handle every customer interaction on

a case by case basis. however, the company did agree not to charge hope after all. dish saying if customers feel they're not receiving a level of service necessary to dress their inquiries they should request to speak with a supervisor. >> so grateful. you know? now, my life can go on. >> the state attorney general tells us it received complaints, however, officials declined to provide information to me. now, if you have a complaint let me know bit. >> thank you very much. >> let's get another check of the forecast now. >> seems cooler and clearer. spencer christian is back. >> it is cooler and clearer. this is a clear view of live doppler 7 hd.

i don't have anything yet producing land fau. let's hope it stay there's and doesn't interfere with game one of the world series. tomorrow look fog sunny skies mild locations in most locations. 86 in los angeles. here if the bay area, mainly sunny skies into afternoon. milder tomorrow, highs ranging from mid-60s near the coast up to about 70s and around the bay. here is the accu-weather forecast. upper 70s inland and around the bay. mid 6s on the coast. a cool down tuesday. a chance of showers next wednesday. but that is way off. let's enjoy mile weather. >> live in the moment. >> yes. >> thank you. >> as we continue tonight the puck stops with him. >> next in sports commissioner of the national hockey league's

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now. >> join me tonight on cable channel 13. coming up, one child, three parents. how scientists are breeching an enlical taboo and one girl used her facebook page to punish some bad behavior, its coming up at 9:00 and 11:00. >> but on to sports. at and t park is going our way. >> an incredible game. >> it's amazing what is going on. i can't believe it. world series matching bruce bocci for giants against jim leeland of the tigers and leeland won a world series in 1997.

bocci guided giants and he knows how big this is for the giants. >> they know how hard sit to get here, how long they've been waiting to get here, those are hungry players and why we're here. they're determined to help this club get to the series. you are realize how gt feeling s you'd like to have another one. be part of another world championship could be a treat. >> it could be a treat. game one at at and t park. barry zito is not only held, he drove in a run off erlander.

he has been yanked from the game which is headline news, giants leading in the 5th. college football, biggest obstacle stanford faces is a possibility of a let down. sanford beat cal on saturday. this week, they will host two and five washington state. david shaw knows cardinals better not underestimate the cougs. >> we're approaching the year with a sense of urgency. we've got to play our best football. we're in attack mode. for us, the road is straight. we've got a lot of big conference games coming up. we've got to play them with the same approach. >> cal bears 3-5. bears visit utah on saturday.

for cal, winning this game is a must. >> coach mentioned a possibility of a bowl game you're not going beat oregon state this week. only team you can bet this week is utah. >> stalemate continuems. national hockey league. commissioner says it looks like there is no way to salvage a full regular season. >> looks like 82 game season is not going to be a reality. the clock still has time to run. things to be not progressing as we'd like. >> if and when it does end, new york islanders will be playing until the 2015 season. that is when the team will move to brooklyn to a new barkley center.

>> very cool. >> thank you. >> let's go, giants. >> yes. >> yes. yes. >> we'll just say we're not paying close attention right now. >> that is this edition of abc 7 news. >> from larry beil, spencer chris chirngs i don't know. good night, everyone. >> there is coit tower bathed in giants or yank for good reason. 5-0 so far.

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